ABOVE: Gov. Mitch Daniels, right, and INDOT commissioner Michael Cline listen to a speaker during the third opening ceremony for I-69 Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, this one near Crane, Ind. in southern Greene County. (AP Photo/Bloomington Herald-Times, David Snodgress)

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Hayleigh Colombo

A new dynasty of Purdue University administrators is taking shape, six months after Mitch Daniels stepped into Hovde Hall to start his role as president.

From a brand new in-house legal counsel to a fresh face in the chief facilities position, the former Indiana governor is slowly but deliberately filling positions left open by nearly 60 management or professional employees who have departed Purdue since January.

The administrative turnover at Tippecanoe County's largest employer in the months following Daniels' arrival is a normal occurrence in the higher education world after a new ...